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What has been your biggest disappointment?

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du Beke English dancer and TV presenter
Not doing as well as I’d hoped in dancing competitions. I was massively competitive and massively disappointed most of the time. It’s the same now.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 December 2019 source ↗
Paul Giamatti American actor
This year? Losing to François Englert and Pete Higgs. I truly thought I had that in the bag.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 December 2013 source ↗

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Question What are you most proud of? Identity & self
That’s difficult for someone to talk about themselves. If I’ve helped improve the game of golf and if I’ve helped improve people’s outlook on life and the game of golf, that would be something that I would be very happy for. I would really like to think that maybe I have left something that other people will look at and say, when people come in back of them, that they have given them the same opportunity that we had. And that means give our kids the opportunities that we’ve had through these years. And if I can do that and leave something along those lines to people, I’ll be very happy for that.
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, Orlando, Florida, 2 December 1997 source ↗

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